Re: Finally some news!

If anyone sees SPECIFIC internet links to post-Maria STX updates for status/damage updates as they appear, please share them on this thread. If you can, also say the date/time of the information contained since news is rapidly changing.

Mainland media (very focused on Puerto Rico) and STX media/government reports have been difficult to find and/or access from afar. I keep going to websites like WAPA, VI consortium, Stcroixsource.com but folks are understandably too busy or access limited to make many general news posts.

As of now, NOAA has still not posted post-Maria aerial photos yet, presumably to show up soon on the hurricane imagery list at:
[storms.ngs.noaa.gov]

I am trying to figure out how to help friends and to get repairs done on our duplex on the SW corner of STX including couple blown out windows, door, gutters. So far roads are not passable, and curfew is strict, 24 hours again after Fri Sept 22 4pm. At some point reliable sources of residential building/repair supplies need to be identified.

Re: Finally some news!

If anyone sees SPECIFIC internet links to post-Maria STX updates for status/damage updates as they appear, please share them on this thread. If you can, also say the date/time of the information contained since news is rapidly changing.

Mainland media (very focused on Puerto Rico) and STX media/government reports have been difficult to find and/or access from afar. I keep going to websites like WAPA, VI consortium, Stcroixsource.com but folks are understandably too busy or access limited to make many general news posts.

As of now, NOAA has still not posted post-Maria aerial photos yet, presumably to show up soon on the hurricane imagery list at:
[storms.ngs.noaa.gov]

I am trying to figure out how to help friends and to get repairs done on our duplex on the SW corner of STX including couple blown out windows, door, gutters. So far roads are not passable, and curfew is strict, 24 hours again after Fri Sept 22 4pm. At some point reliable sources of residential building/repair supplies need to be identified.

Re: Finally some news!

The USS Wright, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was scheduled to arrive at the West Indian Company (WICO) dock at 7:00 p.m. Friday night, carrying 1 million meals to be shared between the St. Thomas-St. John and St. Croix districts. A C17 aircraft was also scheduled to arrive with 50,000 meals and 36,000 litters of water.

The governor said his administration along with federal partners are hoping to reopen the St. Thomas airport for limited commercial flights in the middle of next week. The governor said the St. Croix airport needed some additional work before reopening, and added that he would provide more updates later today - Saturday.

There’s a cruise ship coming to St. Croix at the end of next week to carry residents who want to leave the island. The vessel is part of the Mapp administration’s “mercy” trips, and comes at no cost to Hurricane Maria victims looking to leave the island. The governor said the arrival of the ship next weekend gives enough time for those who plan on leaving to have discussions with their families. He said the mercy mission will drop everyone off in Florida, at which point the victims will have to make their way.

WAPA will be getting help from outside firms that are coming into the territory to help with power restoration. The governor said while these firms will help WAPA move quickly to restore power, they are not part of the governor’s stated intention to move all the territory’s power lines underground, as such a project would take multiple years.

Re: Finally some news!

Not surprising that Mill Harbor would get some storm surge in the ground floor considering the water runs right up to them.
What's surprised me was to see from the aerial pictures that the Colony Cove Pool is still blue. Most others are green from all the storm debris.

Re: Finally some news!

Commercial flights will begin at the Cyrile E. King Airport on Thursday. The government is aiming to reopen the St. Croix airport sometime next week, with a solid date to be divulged in an upcoming press conference.

The governor said the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is aiming to have 90 percent of the territory powered by Christmas.

Mr. Mapp said he did not want to delay the restoration of power to the territory by simultaneously undertaking the task of putting the territory’s power lines underground, but stressed that discussions with federal partners would continue on the matter.

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